The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-28

| spending efgnrSesl2ths in the chain-gang.
The Governor has NO NMRany action In
the matter yet.
AT Amerlcus, morning or two since, as
young Aleck Sullivan, son Of Mr.. Sid Sulli-
van, was walking on the railroad track
near the Dell, he was accosted by burly
negro man, who asked to be allowed to ex-
anime pistol which Aleck was carving in
his hand The pistol was handed over to
the darkey, whereupon he at once assumed
belligerent attitude, and demanded of
Aleck what cartridges he had with him
Fearing harm in case he refused, he handed
all he had to the VICTOR who coolly peck
Off
Henry Pope (colored) lies in Chattooga
county Jail convicted of rape, and sentenced
TO death by tie gallows on July l. Grave
doubts exist as TO his guilt, and nine men,
eight white and one colored, are ready and
willing to swear that Henry Pope was in
Alabama. one hundred miles away, on the
day the rape was said TO have been com
mitted. LII is this fact, and one or two
Others, that cause the good people of Chat
tooga county to ask the Governor to either
commute the sentence to life Imprisonment
or grant respite until an investigation can
be had.
Gov. Gordon received a somewhat I'M
usual request Saturday. 1t was from q
d..
and asked for a lock of his hair. The Gov
ernor replied that he had been married too
long to have any hair left. The Governor
also was the recipient of letter from an
unknown admirer in which it was stated
| that a new arrival had come into his fami-
| ly and some dispute had arisen about the
| name. One parent desired to call it ''Cleve-
land, but compromise had been effected
| by calling it flames" after parent Cor
| don" --. The Governor has taken no
| action in the matter
| Commissioner Henderson received from
| the Governor of Florida Saturday a COM
munication in which it was stated that dele
gates had been appointed to the Farmers
| Convention from every county in his State,
and also enclosing a list Of the delegates. A
similar communication was received from
| the Governor of Arkansas, and the list was
| promised in a day or two. The Governor of
| Arkansas stated that he had selected the
best men in the various counties and would
do everything in his power to get them to
attend. Every delegate appointed from the
137 counties in Georgia had sgnified his in
tention of being present.
Sunday afternoon a bad and vicious fight.
ending in dangerous cutting scrape, occur
red IN Harrisburg, near Augusta. An old
family feud exists, it appears, between VIII
and Dick Howard and the brothers Harley
Sunday it came to an issue which may
prove fatal to one of the Harleys. From a
free-handed fight the combatants proceeded
to draw knives. The Towards succeeded in
using their weapons very effectively on
their opponents. Both of the Harleys got
cut-one of them very badly. Having
amply satiated their desire for revenge, the
Howards succeeded in escaping by the aid
of boat to South Carolina
Isabella Rooney, the only white female
convict in the Georgia penitentiary, is a
fortunate woman just now. Owing TO the
peculiar circumstances of the case, her
brother dying on the gailows, and her
mother in prison, for the crime to which she
was accessory, and the fact that she is the
only white female convict, good many
advocates of her pardon have been recently
developed. She is confined at the Chatta-
hoochee camp, No. 3, and yesterday the
misunderstanding COMMITTEES. united in
recommending her to the Governor for
clemency. The w. c. T. u, through its
president, Mrs E. E. Harper, also joined in
the request and promised to lool. after
her if she is released. No action has been
taken yet.
Thomasville Times: One of the most
touching and affecting features of the hang
ing of John Smith in Franklin, Heard
county, was his illusions under the gallows
to his mother. He spoke kindly of his youth
full companions tenderly of his brothers
and sisters, and lovingly of his wife and
child, but when he mentioned his mother,
his poor old heart-broken mother, he broke
completely down and wept like a child.
How tender, how lasting, how strong is the
love of boy for his mother And yet it
cannot be compared to the undying. unfad-
ing love of mother for her boy. He may
have broken all the commandments, may
be wearing penitentiary garb, nay, may be
standing under the shadow of the gallows
yet that mothers love never forsakes her
boy. A father, brother or sister may for
get, may condemn him, but mother never
On examining his books Saturday Maj
Sidney Root, resident trustee for Spell
man Seminary at Atlanta, which suffered
the loss of one of its buildings by fire Friday
evening, found that the insurance ON the
building, so far as he knew or could discover
anything about the matter, amounts to but
81, 800 on the building; ON furniture, $500;
piano, $500; organ, $50, and on the bell $50
"a total of "a, 100. He thinks the insurance
on the building was placed in the New York
Home Mutual. The total loss sustained is
aboU ST., 900, or q net loss to the seminary
of $1,000. All the property saved from the
burned building will not exceed in value
$780, There was stored in the cellars a
large amount of provisions not insured, and
big lot of coal, about 100 bushels, went
along with the rest. The school is one of the
largest in the South, bearing on its roll $50
oOetNOAeo anu
j. F. Toole, attorney-at-law, has Just
secured the first pension for a Mexican war
veteran that has been received in Macon. 1t
gives to Robert Melton, an old gentleman of
65 years, residing in this county, an income
of IS per month for the remainder of his
life. Mr. Toole has also an application for
pension for Mrs Millirons, widow of
soldier of the war of 1912. Mrs Millirons'
husband married when a young man of 81,
and the day after his wedding he shouldered
his flint lock and marched away to Mobile
Bay to jine old Jacksons army" Return
ing he lived happily with his young wife
until her death left him a widower, in
which State he remained for some twenty
years When about % he married young
girl who survived him, and is now the
widow Williams, of middle age, entitled to
a pension for life, and to some s., 400 back
pay. The money in both cases falls into
worthy hands, and will help TO make bright
the declining years OF these good old folks.
At Macon, Saturday night about 10
O'clock those who were in Heidingsfelder's
saloon, under the Telegraph building, were
startled by the strange conduct of man of
whom was so little seen that it is q question
whether he was white or black He ran
down the stairway on the Second street
side, and hastily divesting himself of his
pants and shoes, threw them in the window
Before any one could make ont who he was